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Joshua Oommen's avatar

As I finish up my second year of medical school, there's an overwhelming pressure from my peers and mentors to "play the game" by hopping on projects, only focusing on the "high yield" activities that will look good for residency applications, and other things like this. I think my classmates and I avoided this mindset for about a month before we were all poisoned (or wised up depending on your perspective). Whenever I do feel like I'm getting sucked up into the rat race though, I usually talk to a much older, calmer, and wiser healthcare provider and they remind me what actually matters and my perspective shifts.

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